Potomac High – Speech 1
Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester
This introductory high school course is designed to give students opportunities to gain poise, develop personal interests, and share responsibilities for group projects. Students will have opportunities to acquire listening skills, to learn fundamentals of oral presentation, to increase their vocabularies through word study and oral presentations, to increase their vocabularies through word study as it relates to speech, to prepare and present various types of speeches, to participate in group discussions, to experience platform reading and speaking, to receive an introduction to debate, to meet some of the challenges of performing through the mass media, and to develop interpersonal communication skills. Check www1.pgcps.org/dualenrollment for dual credit updates.
Prerequisites: Reading English Language Arts 8
Grades: 9-10
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